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US Anti-Foreclosure Programs Not Enough - Watchdog
Los programas gubernamentales para paliar la crisis hipotecaria parecen cada vez más insuficientes por lo que deberían ampliarse, afirma un organismo de control del congreso. Con una ejecución hipotecaria cada 13 segundos, los EE.UU se ven arrastrados a un desplome inmobiliario que está destruyendo miles de millones de dólares en términos del valor de las propiedades y amenaza con frenar la recuperación económica de la pertinaz recesión en la que se encuentra el país.
Update Report on Port Harcourt demolitions
One of the De-roofed buildings in Njemanze Street, Port Harcourt
This Report is given based on follow-up activity by the National Union of Tenants of Nigeria, which includes visits to the area and interviews with the affected persons. The Report will be update to include the living conditions of the affected and suggestions on how they could be assisted to alleviate their plights and prevent a reoccurrence.
Boom or Doom? China's housing market continues to grow and expand
Shenyang, China - March 11 2009: A child plays along a railway at a shanty town where residents will move into low-rent apartments provided by the government.
Nigeria: Bundu shooting must be investigated
The Nigerian government must set up an independent commission of inquiry to investigate the use of firearms by security forces that left at least one person dead and 12 seriously injured at Bundu waterfront last year, Amnesty International said in a report.
Just Move Them': Forced Evictions in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Londres.- Las autoridades nigerianas deben suspender las demoliciones y los desalojos
previstos en las áreas portuarias de Port Harcourt que dejarán a más de 200.000 personas expuestas a quedar sin hogar, afirma Amnistía Internacional en un informe
que ha publicado hoy.
Filippine, Rapporto sugli sfratti : nel 2011 il più elevato numero di casi registrati dal 1994
La policía antidisturbios y el equipo de derribos del gobierno entran en conflicto con los residentes durante los derribos de chabolas en el pueblo de Corazón de Jesús, en la ciudad de San Juan (11 de enero de 2012).
Según un estudio de Urban Poor Associates (UPA), defensor de los derechos de la vivienda, el año 2011 vio el mayor número de casos de desalojos documentados desde 1994. Desde enero a diciembre de 2011, un total de 14.744 familias, o 73.780 individuos, fueron desalojados en 39 incidentes. El 92 por ciento de los desalojos se consideran ilegales ya que no cumplen los requisitos recogidos en la ley de viviendas y desarrollo urbano. Siete derribos resultaron en violencia.
Port Harcourt, Alternatives for urban renewal
Port Harcourt Waterfront looking north over Aggrey Estate towards the State Secretariat
A new report from urban development specialists at the Max Lock Centre (University of Westminster) gives further reason for concern over Rivers State's plan for sweeping demolitions of slum housing.
The scale of the issue- up to 500,000 could be displaced by Port Harcourt demolitions - and its potential impact – remains obvious. If well developed, ideas from the report could support a renewal of southern Port Harcourt that would greatly exceed expectations and provide a much needed economic and social boost.
USA, Report on Renter's Rights violations in Foreclosed Properties
Protesters locked together inside Stony Ridge house against eviction (Toledo, USA, May 2010, J.D. Pooley/Sentinel-Tribune)
A pesar de una ley federal aprobada en 2009 para proteger a inquilinos que viven en propiedades afectadas por la ejecución hipotecaria, muchos inquilinos de todo el país siguen siendo amenazados con el desalojo y se ven obligados a abandonar sus hogares en poco tiempo. Un informe publicado por el National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (
Centro nacional de leyes para personas sin hogar y para la pobreza) titulado Staying Home:The Rights of Renters Living in Foreclosed Properties
(Quedarse en casa: los derechos de los inquilinos de propiedades afectadas por la ejecución de una hipoteca) explica el impacto de la nueva ley y los problemas de su implementación, y resume los resultados de un estudio en 50 estados sobre la evolución de las leyes estatales que protegen a los inquilinos de propiedades afectadas por la ejecución de una hipoteca desde principios de 2009.
Iraq: Political wrangling leaves around 2.8 million displaced Iraqis with no durable solutions in sight
Seven years after the March 2003 US-led invasion, Iraq remains deeply divided. Iraqis have been internally displaced in three periods: either under the former Ba’ath government; from the March 2003 invasion until the February 2006 Samarra bombing; and since then. Today, one in ten Iraqi is still internally displaced, totalling 2.8 million people. They face continuing threats to their physical security and difficulties accessing basic necessities and essential services. (...)
New Report: “Simply Unacceptable” Homelessness and the Human Right to Housing in the U.S.
The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty has released a report card grading the United States on its response to homelessness and its compliance with the human right to housing. “Simply Unacceptable”: Homelessness and the Human Right to Housing in the U.S.
issues failing grades in more than one category, according to international standards.
The U.S. Conference of Mayors reported a 9 percent increase in family homelessness last year, and with 1.2 million foreclosures expected in 2011 – more than any other year in American history – advocates anticipate it will only get worse.
42 million displaced by sudden natural disasters in 2010 – report
Millions of men, women and children around the world are displaced from their homes each year by sudden-onset natural disasters. This report finds that over 17 million people were newly displaced in 2009 and over 42 million in 2010, most of them by extreme weather events. The sheer scale of displacement should leave no doubt as to the seriousness and immediacy of the challenge facing affected populations, governments and the international community. People displaced by disasters have the right to be protected and assisted, and greater efforts and collaboration between actors from different fields are required to strengthen preparedness and response."
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